Internet at McDonalds

I'm not eating their food!
I just need help with this so I can send/receive emails while travelling.
Rob

Robyn,

Just tell him to get back to work LOL

Cheers Kev

Thanks Whacker,
It was only a small test email ie 'Does this work'.
I can go to my webmail a/c to receive/send but I want Outlook to work. I have done it before in a CP at Barcaldine, Q'ld and all I had to do was change the outgoing server.
I will get to the bottom of this!
Robyn

Yes they did but it was out the back and they were just so busy at 7.30am and couldnt get it.
Thanks Rob

Thanks Hero,
We will be on the road for months and months so sending when I get home is not an option esp. business matters.
I will ring McDonalds Head Office tomorrow and see if i can get an answer.
We do use a Telstra Data Pack which uses the mobile as a modem and this is good but I thought Free WiFi would be an additional thing we could use.
Rob

see my answer below.....

I would suggest using gmail if you are travelling, which can handle this protocol. You will still be able to receive email from your normal email address at mcdonalds etc and then just select the gmail account when responding etc.

I hope this helps.

Andrew

I travel extensively for work and pleasure and this is problem is a real headache. I have a list of SMTP settings for the regular places I go to, otherwise it is web mail for outgoing mail.

I use Gmail for my personal stuff which is OK but the work email system is c**p when used in web mail mode.

Stevesub

Timglobal

You are correct

Outgoing mail server should be mail.bigpond not @ and is the reason why Nav1's email sat in outbox as it could not send to correct servers


Cheers

A

What is a BP location?

Sorry for confusion Nav1
BP = BigPond
i.e. from an internet service provided by BigPond.

Thanks for all the advice,
I will give it another go soon.
Robyn

I had the same problem and fixed it by the above method
It worked for me

Yes you have to laugh Andrew, your links have all the answers to the question but no ones looking.

Richard

FAQ on hotspots
Site Link

Copy of Email faq below:

"Can I access my email from the Free WiFi Hotspots?

Like most Hotspots, users typically access email via a WebMail interface to their mail server and the McDonald's Free WiFi supports common web based mail services such as gmail, hotmail, yahoo etc.

For Corporate users, typically the VPNs discussed above will be used to securely connect back to their office and they will access email over the VPN.

That being said McDonald's have permitted some basic email access directly from your correctly configured mail client. The supported mail protocols are as follows:

Incoming Mail

POP3
POP3 over SSL (POP3S)
IMAP
IMAP over SSL (IMAPS)
Outgoing Mail

SMTP over SSL (ports 465 & 587)
Native SMTP on port 25 has been specifically excluded to prevent the Free WiFi network from a Spam source by only permitting outbound mail on Authenticated SMTP destinations.

If you are having issues configuring these mail settings, we suggest using Webmail as this will always work regardless of these mail restrictions."

mail.bigpond.com is the server